Is GOODLAND, CITY OF's water safe to drink?

GOODLAND, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 4,450 people through 2,231 service connections.

How this compares nationally

GOODLAND, CITY OF has 38 violations on record in total, 21 of thems health-based - ranking it 856th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 93th percentile nationally.

How GOODLAND, CITY OF compares within KS

GOODLAND, CITY OF's 21 health-based violations sit above the KS average of 8.7, across 152 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for GOODLAND, CITY OF is from 2025-01-01 (health-based: 2011-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

GOODLAND, CITY OF's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:

• Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrate

The most severe category on record is nitrate / nitrite, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What this data is and is not

GOODLAND, CITY OF's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 38 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.